About Us

Since 1989 we have focused exclusively on recruitment of Nursing and Healthcare Executives and their leadership teams. Our years of experience and concentration of effort have enabled us to build strong relationships throughout the healthcare community. We understand the professional accomplishments and goals of Healthcare Professionals and the transformational changes driving the challenges faced by Healthcare Organizations.

We have identified, attracted, evaluated, recruited and placed candidates into the following positions:

Testimonials

I’ve had the privilege of working with Silver Oak over approximately the past twelve years. Silver Oak has successfully recruited for me a Director of Surgical Services, Director of Critical Care, Director of Emergency Services and a Physician Practice Administrator. The skills which I believe set Silver Oak apart are 1) A very comprehensive assessment of the candidate both in interest and skills, 2) Extremely comprehensive references including the scope of the responsibilities the emplo…Read more

*CEO and President

Sam spends a good amount of time learning the organization, the characteristics of the ideal candidate, the work they will need to focus on and the culture they will need to thrive in. I have found Sam to be sincerely concerned about a candidate’s fit within the organization, the position and their ability to add value to an organization. She is very honest, respectful and works hard to make sure the match of the candidate to the organization will work. Sam is not out to close the deal…Read more

Throughout the search process at our hospital, I found Sam to be personable, articulate, knowledgeable and tireless. I felt that she conducted a thorough search of qualified candidates and that she was very sensitive to the needs of our Hospital Board to seek out candidates that had previous success in managing a hospital organization very similar to ours. We are all very pleased with the outcome of our search.

CEO, Critical Assess Hospital

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Foundation, I want to thank you for your support of the third annual Clinical Nurse Specialist Foundation Gala. The generous support of Silver Oak Search Consultants, Inc in the amount of $5,000 was very much appreciated. The Foundation presented its second scholarship this year and your support will help us to continue and expand our support of educating more Clinical Nurse Specialists throughout the country.

Chair, Clinical Nurse Specialist Foundation

Sam talked with me to learn about my management style, the culture of the organization, the characteristics we value in a manager and the essential skills of the successful candidate. I found her to be honest, open and sincerely interested in matching the right candidate with the organization. I feel she was interested in both the candidate and the organization and worked to please both.

Assistant Administrator, US News America’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll

I first worked with Silver Oak as a candidate during a period when I was seeking an opportunity to advance from a Department Director to an Executive Level. Silver Oak represented my interests and me accurately, thoroughly, and with a level of professionalism that was second to none. Post-interview follow ups were comprehensive and insightful. My next contact with Silver Oak was when I was recruiting for a Director of Behavioral Health Service that would report to me as VP of Professiona…Read more

*VP, Professional Services, Top 100 Thompson Reuters Hospital

I have especially appreciated her detailed screening of the applicants’ professional capabilities as well as their personal circumstances to ensure the best possible fit with the organization’ s culture, goals and objectives. She has always been available and responsive when called by me and the candidate that she represents.

*Director, Patient Care Services

Your professionalism and personal touch in dealing with both hospital as a client and the individual recruits is exemplary. You are a credit to the world of recruitment firms. Thanks again.

Director, Human Resources

I want to express my extreme appreciation and gratitude for working so hard to find the perfect person to fill our Perinatal Nurse Educator position. Your attention to detail, your organizational skills and your communication skills have been superb. I have great respect for your abilities and can assure you that you will be utilized 100% exclusively by myself in future consultation matters where professional nurses of high quality are needed.

I have had the pleasure of working with Sam Buster on a number of projects over the last eleven years. Of the firms that provide similar services, Sam stands out as one of the most masterful at matching organizations’ needs with the abilities of individual clients. Her keen sense of finding that right fit for her clients certainly makes her a standout in what must be a very competitive field. My first experience with Sam began with a call one evening at a time that I was looking for o…Read more